David Steindl-Rast Quotes about Heart

Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.

Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.

Heart, Eye, Light

We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.

Grateful, Heart, Peace Of Heart

As we learn to give thanks for all of life and death, for all of this given world of ours, we find a deep joy. It is the joy of trust, the joy of faith in the faithfulness at the heart of all things. It is the joy of gratefulness in touch with the fullness of life.

David Steindl-Rast

Heart, Fullness Of Life, Life And Death

Home and journey together constitute the creative polarity of the heart, the two dimensions we must cultivate if we want to 'develop the heart.

David Steindl-Rast

Home, Heart, Journey

...our happiness hinges not on good luck; it hinges on peace of heart.

David Steindl-Rast

Heart, Good Luck, Hinges

David Steindl-Rast (1983). “A listening heart: the art of contemplative living”, Crossroad Pub Co

What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness.

David Steindl-Rast

Gratitude, Heart, Simple

David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.83, Paulist Press

The hope that is left after all your hopes are gone - that is pure hope, rooted in the heart.

David Steindl-Rast

Faith, Heart, Gone

David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.144, Paulist Press

A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.

David Steindl-Rast

Single, Gratitude, Heart

David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.12, Paulist Press